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  • AI drafts lab result explanations

    A new artificial intelligence tool will help Stanford Health Care physicians inform patients of their test results, with the goal of reducing administrative tasks.

  • AI predicts cancer treatment outcomes

    A new artificial intelligence tool developed at Stanford Medicine combines data from medical images with text to predict cancer prognoses and treatment responses.

  • Predicting Type 2 diabetes with AI

    Stanford Medicine researchers are using artificial intelligence to help identify the underlying biology behind Type 2 diabetes.

  • Kendric Smith dies at 98

    Smith, who founded the American Society of Photobiology, was an expert in radiation-induced damage of DNA and cellular repair pathways.

  • Toward a longer-lasting vaccine response

    A surprising class of blood cell not typically associated with immunity plays a role in shaping the durability of immunity to vaccination, new research suggests.

  • Terence Ketter dies at 74

    The Stanford Medicine psychiatrist ran the university’s bipolar disorder clinic and studied associations between mental illness and creativity.

  • Using AI for medical chart review

    Stanford Medicine researchers trained a large language model to read medical charts, looking for signs that kids with ADHD received the right follow-up care when using new medications.

  • New, improved flu-vaccine construct

    Stitching together four molecules found in the standard flu vaccine ensures an immune response to all of them, Stanford Medicine scientists have shown.

  • Top scientific advancements

    Looking back on 2024, science writers at the Office of Communications picked some of the most significant scientific achievements at Stanford Medicine.

  • Skin bacterium becomes a topical vaccine

    Stanford University scientists’ findings in mice could translate into a radical, needle-free vaccination approach that would also eliminate reactions including fever, swelling and pain.